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This is a single
speech (house debate) resource
from the openparliament.ca API. If you’re new here, you might want to look at the documentation. If API and JSON are gibberish to you, you’re better off at our main site.
{
"time": "2009-03-23 14:10:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Pierre Poilievre (Nepean\u2014Carleton, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1365992\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, 116 Canadian soldiers have died fighting the Taliban and al-Qaeda in one of the most dangerous places on Earth. They do it in response to the terrorist assault of 9/11 on our best friends and closest neighbours. Most Americans are thankful. However, a few mouthpieces sitting in the safety of their Fox studio are not. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1365993\" data-originallang=\"en\">Last Tuesday, they suggested that our soldiers want a break from fighting to enjoy manicures and pedicures. If these talk-show generals think the work of our soldiers is so easy, perhaps they should sweep for mines and exchange gunfire with terrorists. If they cannot stand behind our troops, maybe they should stand in front of them.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1365994\" data-originallang=\"en\"> Freedom of speech is one of the rights our soldiers have died defending. Unfortunately, this right sometimes extends to even the most brain-dead imbeciles. Now is the time for them to express their freedom of speech again by giving an apology to our soldiers.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1365992\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, 116 Canadiens ont perdu la vie dans le cadre de la lutte que nous livrons aux Talibans et \u00e0 Al-Qa\u00efda dans l'une des r\u00e9gions les plus dangereuses du monde. Cette lutte est men\u00e9e en r\u00e9ponse aux attaques du 11 septembre contre nos meilleurs amis et nos plus proches voisins. La plupart des Am\u00e9ricains nous en savent gr\u00e9. Par contre, ce n'est pas le cas de certains porte-parole bien en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 dans leur studio de la Fox.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1365993\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mardi dernier, ils ont sugg\u00e9r\u00e9 que nos soldats voulaient prendre une pause de la guerre pour se faire faire des manucures et des p\u00e9dicures. Si ces g\u00e9n\u00e9raux d'op\u00e9rette croient que le travail de nos soldats est si facile, ils devraient essayer le d\u00e9minage et prendre part aux \u00e9changes de tir avec les terroristes. S'ils sont incapables de soutenir nos troupes, qu'ils aient au moins la d\u00e9cence de se taire.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1365994\" data-originallang=\"en\">La libert\u00e9 d'expression est un des droits que nos soldats d\u00e9fendent au prix de leur vie. Malheureusement, m\u00eame les imb\u00e9ciles sans cervelle peuvent se pr\u00e9valoir de ce droit. Il est temps pour eux de s'en pr\u00e9valoir encore, mais cette fois pour pr\u00e9senter des excuses \u00e0 nos soldats.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2009/3/23/pierre-poilievre-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/pierre-poilievre/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1394/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2662659",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": ""
},
"h2": {
"en": "Canadian Forces",
"fr": ""
},
"document_url": "/debates/2009/3/23/",
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}
}